The name Nile is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "champion".

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Water names are a cool category these days, and this one of the famous Egyptian river is no exception. It streamlines the fussier Niles and also may be thought of as a color name, meaning dark blue or indigo. 
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Nile is also related to Niall, the Irish Gaelic form of Neal/Neil.
<br/><br/>Nile was actually used enough to make it onto the Top 1000 a couple of times around the turn of the last century.

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The name Nile is a girl's name meaning "dark blue, indigo".

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Cool, serene name of the Egyptian river can make a fresh choice for a girl.  The origin of river name Nile relates to the Arabic and ancient Hebrew word for dark blue or indigo; in ancient Egyptian, its literal meaning is river.

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